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Orders to memorize Flashcards

1
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even toed ungulates. Pigs peccaries, hippos, camels, mouse deer, giraffes etc. digest plant cellulose in multiple stomach chambers

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Artiodactyla

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2
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Bats latin name

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Chiroptera

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Odd toed ungulates. Digest plant cellulose in their intestines

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Perissodactyla

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4
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Primarily eat flesh

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Carnivora

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Single pair of continuously growing incisors

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Rodentia

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Hares, rabbits and pikas. Four incisors on upper jaw, herbivorous and no paw pads

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Lagomorpha

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Large brains, visual acuity, colour vision, shoulder girdle. Most have opposable thumbs.

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Primates

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Elephantidae only living family

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Proposcidea

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9
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young carried in pouch

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Marsupialia

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10
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Didelphimorpha

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Opossums. 5 upper and 4 lower incisors

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Hooved animals that bear their weight on “toes”

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Ungulates

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12
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Describe the different digestion strategies in Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla

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Artiodactyla digest plant material in multiple stomach chambers whereas perissodactyla digest plant material in their intestines

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13
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Largest and Smallest Bats and their sizes

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Largest bat: giant golden crowned flying fox which weights 1.6 kg and has 1.7 m wings
Smallest Bat: Kitti’s hog nosed bat which is 3 cm long and has 15 cm wings

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14
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Describe bat body

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have hands and fingers. Thumbs stick straight up. Fly on their hands. Long spread out digits

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15
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What is the largest order of mammals?

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Rodents

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16
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What is the second largest order of mammals?

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Bats

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17
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Which species/genera belong to the great apes?

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Gorillas
Orangutans
Chipanzees
Humans
Bonobos
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18
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How long ago did primates arise?

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18 to 55 mya

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19
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Adaptations for primates to live in trees

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large brains
visual acuity
colour vision
altered shoulder girdle for swinging
dexterous hand
tails
opposable thumbs
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20
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What are the four genera of great apes?

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Pongo
Gorilla
Pan
Homo

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21
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How many species of orangutans are there?

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2

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How many species of gorilla are there?

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2

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23
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How many species of pan are there and what are they?

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2: chimpanzees and bonobos

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24
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How many bears are there in BC?

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Three

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25
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How many continents do carnivora live on?

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All of them

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26
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What is the etimology of carnivora?

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Carnai means flesh and vora means “to devour”

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27
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What order is canidae in?

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Carnivora

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Characteristics of canidae

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Long muzzles 
Keen sense of smell
Upright ears
Bushy tails
Teeth adapted for slicing flesh and cracking bones
Long legs
Non-retractable claws
Coursing predators
Mostly social and behave cooperatively
Communicate through scent signals and vocalizations
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29
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What is the closest relative of Canis lupus familiarise?

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Canis lupus (gray wolf)

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30
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What is the closest relative of Canis latrans?

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Canis lupus familiaris and Canis lupus

31
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Etimology of Artiodactyla

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Artios means “even” and dactyla means divit, finger, toe, so even number of toes

32
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Etimology of Perissodactyla

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perissos means odd, dactyla means digit, finger toe, so means odd number of toes

33
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What is the astragalus and why is it important for identification

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is a diagnostic bone to classify artiodactyla and perissodactyla.
It has a pulley-like upper and lower surface, and restricts lateral movement
In Artiodactyla, it enhances hind lim flexion and extension
In perissodactyla it restricts hind limb movement

34
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Describe the astragalus in artiodactyla

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enables artiodactyla to rise hindquarters first, which makes them able to rise quickly and start running
means that they can activate their powerful hind limb muscles quickly to propel themselves forwards

35
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Describe the astagalus in perissodactyla

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it restricts hind limb movement, so they rise front end first. This slows their acceleration and vulnerability to predators if they are lying down.

36
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What are the 10 families in the order artiodactyla?

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Camelidae
Tayassuidae
Suidae
Traguildae
Moschidae
Antilocapridae
Giraffidae
Cervidae
Bovidae
Hippopotamidae
37
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Describe characteristics of ungulates

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typically herbivorous
often have specialized gut bacteria to digest cellulose
Some, such as pigs, are omniverous

38
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What are the three groups of ungulates?

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Tylopoda
Suiformes
Ruminantia

39
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What animals are in tylopoda?

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Camels, llamas, guanacos, vicunas

40
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What animals are in suiformes?

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pigs, peccaries and hipps

41
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What is a main characteristic of ruminata?

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Complex, 4 chambered stomach

42
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Describe the steps of ruminant digestion

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food is gathered quickly, chewed briefly and then swallowed into the rumen
Food moves into the reticulum where bacteria break cellulose into glucose, make bacterial protein and synthesize vitamins
A ball of cut is regurgitated and chewed while the animal rests
Food moves into the omasum
Food moves into the abomasum where gastric juices are secreted to digest the food and bacteria

43
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What is the rumen?

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The first stomach chamber of ruminants

44
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What is the reticulum?

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the second stomach chamber of ruminants

45
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What is the omasum?

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The third stomach chamber of ruminants, which food goes into after its chewed as cud

46
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What is the abomasum?

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The fourth stomach chamber of ruminants, where gastric juices are secreted to digest food and bacteria

47
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What are some advantages of ruminant digestion?

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The can digest low quality plants that are undigestible for other species
The can access nutrients that would otherwise be indigestible and unavailable
The can spend a short time grazing in the open with their head down, and then do their digestion later

48
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What is the difference between cervidae and bovidae?

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Cervidae have antlers and bovidae have horns

49
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Describe characteristics of cervidae antlers

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they are only in males, except for in caribou
their antlers drop off each year after the fall rut
the antlers regrow over the summer

50
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Describe characteristics of bovidae horns

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they are on both sexes
they don’t drop off and grow continuously
They grow at different rates throughout the year, which results in annual rings for aging

51
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Elk

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Bulgling is loud vocalizations to establish dominance over other males and attract females
Short tails
while antlers growing they are covered in soft layer of velvet
Neck manes
Clearly defined rump patches

52
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Caribou

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Both sexes grow antlers
C shaped antler
Covered in velvet while growing
Northern caribou usually smaller and whiter than southern populations
Eat lichen
53
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What is countercurrent heat exchange?

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The blood vessels in their legs are close together for countercurrent heat exchange, so the blood coming back into their body isn’t cold because their feet are touching the ground

54
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What is the smallest carnivore?

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The least weasel, which is 0.1 m and 0.025 kg

55
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What is the largest carnivore?

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The southern elephant seal which is 3.7m and 4,000 kg

56
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Which family of carnivora has the most diverse fur pattern?

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Felidae

57
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Describe the characteristics of felidae (12)

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Most diverse fur pattern of all carnivore
Large eyes
Large, cupped ears
Highly sensitive whiskers
Round skulls
Teeth and facial muscles for powerful bite
Slender muscular bodies
Strong, flexible forelimbs
Retractile claws
Usually solitary
Obligate carnivores
Ambush predators
58
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What are three species of bovidae?

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Ovis canadensis
Ovis aries
Oreamnos americanus

59
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Differences between felidae and canidae tracks

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felidae: 
no claw marks
toes not even on top
inside of toe is rounded
front of heel has 2 lobes
back of heel has 3 rounded lobes
dog:
claw marks
even toes on top
inside of toe is angular
front of heel has one lobe
back of heel has 2 lobes
60
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What is the hyoid apparatus?

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involved in purring. in small cats, it is bony so they can purr, but in big cats it is more flexible, so they can roar

61
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Characteristics of lagomorphs

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Four incisors on upper jaw
almost strictly herbivorous
incisor teeth grow continuously so must constantly chew on fibrous food

62
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Characteristics of rabbits

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powerful hind legs
shorter forelegs
tiny tail
domesticated rabbits have lots of colours
newborn rabbits are altricial
live and breed in burrows
colonial and feed together
63
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Define altricial

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requiring parental care

64
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Characteristics of hares

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long powerful back legs
ears up to 20 cm
some species turn white in winter
solitary
litters a hollow in ground with dense vegetation
newborns are precocial
65
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define precocial

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being born fully furred and active

66
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How to lagomorphs get maximum nutrition from their diet?

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shred plants with incisors
grind material with molard
digestion in stomach and small intestine where nutrients absorbed
some food remains go to caecum
food mixed with bacteria yeasts etc. that can digest cellulose
micro organisms produce sugar (hindgut fermentation)
some faecal matter goes to colon and excreted as small dry pellets
up to eight hours after meal, caecum contents excreted from colon as cecotropes or caecal pellets
these are eaten by lagomorph to get remaining nutrients

67
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What is a caecum?

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a blind ended pouch in lagomorphs that has bacteria, yeasts etc that can digest cellulose

68
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what is hindgut fermentation?

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when micro-organisms make sugar in lagomorphs

69
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What is a cecotrope/caecal pellet?

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the soft moist pellet exreted from the caecum of lagomorphs

70
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What percentage of mammal species are rodents?

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40%

71
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characteristics of rodents

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single pair of continuously grwing incisors in upper and lower jaws
wear down incisors so they don’t pierce the skull

72
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What is embryonic diapause?

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delayed implantation of the zygote into the uterus

73
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What are two orders that have embryonic diapause?

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usidae and mustelidae

74
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Why did embryonic diapause evolve?

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enable birth during favourable season
linked with hibernation
enables wide ranging species to take advantage of rare encounters with mates

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